Farewell Party Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays412

Farewell Party by Joe Nichols is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B, F#, C# and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: (E)  (E) 
 
When the (E) last, breath of life 
Is (A) gone from, my (E) body 
And my lips, are as cold as the (B) sea 
When my (E) friends gather 'round 
For (A) my, farewell (E) party 
Won't (B) you, pretend you love (E) me 
 
There will be (A) flowers from those 
Who'll (E) cry, when I go 
And leave you in this, old world a(B)lone 
I (E) know you'll have fun 
At my, (A) farewell (E) party 
Won't (B) you, be glad, when I'm (E) gone 
 
Steel Solo 
 
--KEY CHANGE-- 
 
Don't (F#) be mad at me, for (B) wanting to (F#) keep you 
Till my life on this old world is (C#) through 
You'll be (F#) free at the end of (B) my farewell (F#) party 
But (C#) I'll...I'll go away loving (F#) you 
 
There will be (B) flowers from those 
Who'll (F#) cry, when I go 
And leave you in this, old world a(C#)lone 
I (F#) know you'll have fun 
At my, (B) farewell (F#) party 
Won't (C#) you, be glad, when I'm (F#) gone 
 
Won't (C#) you, be glad, when I'm (B) g______(Bm)__(F#)one 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante